A not-so-wicked witch is opening the doors of her terrifying home to visitors this Halloween night - if they dare enter.

Maggie and her husband Rommel, from Staddiscombe, have been transforming their home into a terrifying Halloween attraction every year for two decades.

The pair first started handing out sweets to the local children, but year by year their ambitions have grown and they now run tours of their home filled with every horrifying character you can imagine.

"I think my husband is a bit of a Halloween addict," Maggie said.

Maggie Matthews

"Four years ago we had 130 children come in, sometimes they end up queuing out the door. I know how many we get because I count the sweet wrappers afterwards.

"We're now entertaining the grandchildren of the children we first met when we started these tours!"

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Rommel takes time off work to complete the decoration over four to five days and the couple even include their own handmade spooky props as well as shop-made creations.

Maggie and Rommel Matthews have transformed their house into a Halloween horror for children to come and enjoy.

This year children and adults will be terrified by zombie babies, a grim reaper, a mummy, creeping hands, smoking skulls and a witch's spell book among other ghoulish items.

Children can win prizes if they dare to put their hands in 'frogspawn' and can also be awarded for a particularly scary costume.

The Grim Reaper

"We love it," Maggie said, "The children come in and we've never had any bother from any of them. Very young ones have to be accompanied by adults and we also get teenagers. Every one of them always says thank you.

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"The little ones don't take very much notice, the older ones get a bit more scared, but the girls who are around 15 years old really scream the house down."

The scary house is always free to enter, but for the first time Rommel and Maggie will be taking donations for the Brain Tumour Charity in honour of their friend who recently died as a result of a brain tumour.

The house of horrors will be open until 9.30pm

Despite being 69 and 61 respectively, Maggie and Rommel have no intention of stopping their terrifying endeavours any time soon.